Fall Back, Move Forward

I went to dinner with a friend the Friday before last, and when I arrived early so I could decompress from the trip there (have a drink or two beforehand at the bar with my note-taking tablet), but the place was packed. I’d been there a few times since the first local mask mandate lifted, but hadn’t seen it where…
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